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Achæan

Achæan is the archaic form of Achaean.

Meaning of Achaean

Adjective

Achaean (not comparable)

  1. Of or relating to Achaea or the Achaeans.
  2. (broadly, literary) In Homeric usage, of or relating to Greece, especially of the Mycenaean era.
    Synonyms:
    Greek

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Forms of Achæan

pluralAchæans

Questions about Achæan

What is Achæan the archaic form of?
Achæan is the archaic form of Achaean.

Words near Achæan in the dictionary

  1. achyranthoid
  2. achyranthoids
  3. Achyuth
  4. achávalite
  5. Achæa
  6. Achæan
  7. Achæans
  8. Achæmenes
  9. Achæmenian
  10. Achæmenians
  11. Achæmenid

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Achæan (page history and authors); Achaean (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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